Returnees from COVID-19 hit areas welcomed home
(VOVWORLD) - Localities are providing support to people returning from Ho Chi Minh city and southern provinces which have been hit hard by COVID-19.
 Quang Tri people returning from Ho Chi Minh city finish their quarantine period for 14 days (Photo: VOV) |
The central province of Quang Nam is creating jobs for returnees who have completed their quarantine period. Le Tri Thanh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said: “We have worked with enterprises and factories specialized in industrial and agricultural products, and those involved in the One Commune-One Product program, to create jobs for people returning from pandemic-hit areas.”
The central province of Nghe An has subsidized flights from Ho Chi Minh city transporting thousands of returning Nghe An workers.
In the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, 2,500 people will receive aid worth 8.5 USD each during their quarantine period. Ben Tre will soon receive another 900 people returning from Ho Chi Minh City.